Revision of the Therates tuberosus group (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

Abstract

The known species of the tuberosus group of the genus Therates Latreille (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) are redescribed. Therates rugosoangustoides Wiesner and Anichtchenko, new species, is described from northern Vietnam while T. horni Wiesner, 1988, new status, and T. pseudotuberosus Wiesner, 1988, new status, are elevated to species rank. Identification keys for the twelve groups of the genus Therates and for the eight species of the tuberosus group are provided. Lectotypes are designated for Therates tuberosus Fleutiaux, 1893, Therates angustatus Horn, 1902, Therates crebrepunctatus Horn, 1923, and Therates rugosoangustus Horn, 1929, to stabilize their nomenclature to single specimens.

References (28)

• Anichtchenko A. 2025. Genus Therates Latreille, 1816. In: Anichtchenko A, Botzl F, Choi J-B, Facchini S, Gebert J, Goergen G, Harden C, Hejkal J, Makarov K, Marrero J, Monzini V, Panin R, Roguet D, Ryznar V, Solodovnikov I, Toribio M, Will KW (eds.). Carabidae of the World. Available at https://carabidae.org/taxa/therates-latreille-1816(Last accessed December 2025.)
• Cassola F. 1985. Studi sui Cicindelidi. 40. La “Memoire su l’Eurychile” di Franco Andrea Bonelli e attuali conoscenze sul genere Therates Latreille (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae). Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino 3(2): 499–514.
• Cassola F, Klicha M. 2002. Full species status of Calochroa corbetti (W. Horn, 1899) and notes on the tiger beetle fauna of Myanmar (Burma) (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Mitteilungen des internationalen entomologischen Vereins 27(1/2): 31–43.
• Döbler H. 1973. Katalog der in den Sammlungen de ehemaligen Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes aufbewahrten Typen – IX, Coleoptera, Cicindelidae. Beitrage zur Entomologie 23 (5/8): 355–419.
• Fleutiaux E. 1893. Remarques sur quelques Cicindelidae et descriptions d’especes nouvelles. Annales de Societe Entomologique de France 62: 483–502.
• Geiser M, Nagel P. 2013. Coleopterology in Laos—an introduction to the nature of the country and its coleopterological exploration. Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey 34: 11–46.
• Le Laos et les populations sauvages de l’Indo–Chine. 1877. Deuxieme partie: De Bassac r Hue. Le Tour de Monde, Nouveau Journal des Voyages 39, 1880, 1er semestre, 1006e–1008e livraison: 241–288.
• Horn W. 1902. Neue Cicindeliden gesammelt von Fruhstorfer in Tonkin 1900. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1: 65–75.
• Horn W. 1910. 82. Coleoptera. Fam. Carabidae. Subfam. Cicindelinae. p. 105–208. In: Wytsman P (ed.). Genera Insectorum, Fascicules LXXXI–LXXXVI. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet; Brussels, Belgium. 486 p
• Horn W. 1923a. Einiges uber neue und alte Cicindeliden (Col.). Entomologiske meddelelser 14: 211–216.
• Horn W. 1923b. Zur Systematik, Geographie und Lebensweise der Cicindelinae (Col.). Zoologisches Jahrbuch, Abteilung fur Systematik 47: 309–330.
• Horn W. 1926. Carabidae, Cicindelinae. In: Junk W, Schenkling S (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus 86. W. Junk; Berlin, Germany. 345 p
• Horn W. 1929. Bausteine zur Kenntnis der Cicindelinen–Fauna des Ostens der orientalischen Region. Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 24: 17–22.
• Mandl K. 1955. Zur Kenntnis der Cicindeliden Sud–Chinas (Col.) (3.Teil). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum Gg. Frey 6: 334–340.
• Matalin AV, Wiesner J. 2016. On the distribution and taxonomy of the tiger beetle genus Therates Latreille, 1816 (Coleoptera, Carabidae: Cicindelinae) from Vietnam. 133rd contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelinae. Far Eastern Entomologist 327: 8–13.